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Python Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from Python Penetration Testing Cookbook Practical recipes on implementing information gathering, network security, intrusion detection, and post-exploitation

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781784399771

Length 226 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

BeautifulSoup

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Rejah Rehim

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Why Python in Penetration Testing? FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting Up a Python Environment

3. Web Scraping with Python

4. Data Parsing with Python

5. Web Scraping with Scrapy and BeautifulSoup

6. Network Scanning with Python

7. Network Sniffing with Python

8. Scapy Basics

9. Wi-Fi Sniffing

10. Layer 2 Attacks

11. TCP/IP Attacks

12. Introduction to Exploit Development

13. Windows Exploit Development

14. Linux Exploit Development

PyShark

PyShark is a wrapper for the Wireshark CLI (TShark), so we can have all Wireshark decoders in the PyShark. We can use PyShark to sniff an interface or we can analyze the pcap files.

Getting ready

When using this module, make sure to install Wireshark on your system and install pyshark using the pip command:

pip3 install pyshark

Also, make sure you have installed TShark on your machine. TShark is the terminal-based Wireshark, which is used by PyShark for packet capturing functions.

Note

Learn more about TShark here: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/AppToolstshark.html

How to do it...

Lets try PyShark with some examples. Make sure to install TShark in your system.

For a better understanding, we can use the Python interactive terminal and go through the functions of PyShark. Please note that these commands can also be included in the scripts. The only dependency is TShark.
Import the pyshark module:

>>> import pyshark

Now load the pcap file to pyshark:

>>> cap ...

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Authors (1)

Rejah Rehim

Rejah Rehim

Rejah Rehim, a visionary in cybersecurity, serves as Beagle Security's CEO and cofounder. With a 15-year track record, he's a driving force renowned for Python Penetration Testing Cookbook and Effective Python Penetration Testing. Leading OWASP Kerala Chapter, he unites pros for secure digital landscapes. Rejah's role as Commander at Kerala Police Cyberdome underscores his commitment.

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